Ritualised bullying and hazing on Labour Ward, a student midwife’s experience.

The 2023 ARM conference - Power, Politics and Practice. With Kirsten Small, Claire Feeley, Shawn Walker, Erin Fung (Better Birth), Antonella Gambotto-Burke, Margaret Jowitt, Benash Nazmeen, Mavis Kirkham, Amanda Burleigh and Nadine Edwards. #saynotobullyinginmidwifery #freebirthstories #radicalmidwives

A review of the Netflix drama The Good Nurse, based on a true crime book. Originally published in Midwifery Matters, 2022.

Student midwife experiences throughout university training, working with different supervisors on Labour Ward, the Birth Centre and Caseholding in a Community team. Adapted from an article originally published in Midwifery Matters in 2022.

The landscape of midwifery and birth between 2017-2020. Adapted from an article originally written for the Student Nursing Times.

Reflections on extended placement opportunities within the NHS during Covid-19 for student midwifes. Adapted from an article originally written for the Student Nursing Times.

Caseholding as a student midwife, and looking forward to finishing the degree. Adapted from an article written for the Student Nursing Times, April 2020.

The student midwife funding gap from 2017 to 2020. Adapted from an article written for the Student Nursing Times, 2020.

In 2019 there was the publication of leaked reports from the Ockenden review regarding an investigation into Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust. Reports which are predicted to eclipse the Morecame Bay scandal at Cumbria’s Furness General Hospital (2004-2013).

In 2018 the NMC published new standards of education for Nurses, Nursing Associates and Midwives; this included changes to the standards for student supervision and assessment (SSSA). This blog is adapted from an article that was originally written for the Student Nursing Times (2019).